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The FDA’s deadly betrayal of pro-life America Original
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a generic version of mifepristone, a drug used in chemical abortions, isn’t just another bureaucratic misstep. It’s a profound betrayal of pro-life Americans and a reckless disregard for public safety. The agency has now accelerated the mass production of a drug that ends unborn lives and carries serious risks for women.
In Killers of the Flower Moon , Leonardo DiCaprio Gives a Master Class in Directing Our Attention to What’s Really Important
In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2023, Bilge Ebiri, Esther Zuckerman, and Mark Harris—about the year in cinema. Read the first entry here. Way back at the beginning of this round, before the Great Ferrari Wars, I started thinking about Dana’s question—a single performance that I wanted to highlight—and I found myself paralyzed; there seemed to be both too many from which to choose and too few that the club hadn’t already lauded.
Yes, I Will Defend the Politics of Saltburn !
In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2023, Bilge Ebiri, Esther Zuckerman, and Mark Harris—about the year in cinema. Read the first entry here. Hello, future biopic subjects, Esther, you’ve stopped me in my tracks with the question of who should direct the movie version of my life. Is it Christopher Nolan, so that money would be no object? Sofia Coppola, to up the chance that I’d live in a palace or at least a mansion?
2023 Was the Year the Superhero-Movie Phenomenon Ended
In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2023, Bilge Ebiri, Esther Zuckerman, and Mark Harris—about the year in cinema. Read the first entry here. Dear fellow movie brains, I’m so delighted to be joining you, and happy that we got to the elephant in the room—a big pink elephant singing an up-tempo pop song while ignoring the mushroom cloud behind it—in Round 1.
The world's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley
Sergey Brin-backed airship startup LTA Research begins flight testing today As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes will kickstart a new era in climate-friendly air travel, and accelerate the humanitarian work of its funder, Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Just How Good Is Wood?
Navigating the electrifying landscape of EV companies can be thrilling for any investor. As the severity of climate change intensifies and the world veers towards eco-friendly alternatives, electric vehicles are revolutionizing the way we travel. For forward-thinking investors, participation in the EV market is no longer optional. In many ways, it is an essential component of a resilient investment portfolio. However, picking the best EV stocks can be challenging.
Is Chicago Going To Be a Failure? on Apple Podcasts
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Happy Hour: Is Chicago Going To Be a Failure?
By Bryan Nolen, Adam Cheek Verified, Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins, Mark Harris, Jack Swansey, Alex Gintz
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A whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate's submersible in 2018. Then he was fired. Original
Original carbon fiber hull wasn't rated for Titanic depths, claimed operations director The director of marine operations at OceanGate, the company whose submersible went missing Sunday on an expedition to the Titanic in the North Atlantic, was fired after raising concerns about its first-of-a-kind carbon fiber hull and other systems before its maiden voyage, according to a filing in a 2018 lawsuit first reported by Insider and New Republic.
A whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate’s submersible in 2018. Then he was fired.
Now OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush emerges from the hatch atop the OceanGate submarine Cyclops 1 in the San Juan Islands, Wash., on Sept. 12, 2018. Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time Tuesday, June 20, 2023, to find a missing submersible before the oxygen supply runs out for …
Is Chase Elliott No Longer the Best Road Course Racer in NASCAR? on Apple Podcasts
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Happy Hour: Is Chase Elliott No Longer the Best Road Course Racer in NASCAR?
By Bryan Nolen, Adam Cheek Verified, Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins, Mark Harris, Jack Swansey, Alex Gintz
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Here are the receipts
Years of tax filings give the most complete picture yet of OpenAI's early finances It's no secret that Elon Musk has been deeply frustrated with OpenAI since stepping down from its board in February 2018, culminating in an open letter calling for the organization to pause work on more powerful systems.
Elon Musk's The Boring Company seeks to double the size of its Vegas Loop
Elon Musk's Boring Company is doubling down on its Vegas bet, with a proposal that would expand its underground transport system to 65 miles of tunnels below the streets of Sin City. The proposed network map, which was recently filed with the city of Las Vegas and not previously reported, depicts dozens of tunnels criss-crossing the city to reach more casinos, retail zones, the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus and, for the first time, even residential areas.
The nonprofits accelerating Sam Altman's AI vision
Elon Musk tweeted Saturday a ChatGPT conversation that speculated about the 2019 transition of its creator, OpenAI, from a nonprofit to a for-profit organization. The AI chatbot concluded that, if the for-profit business had used the nonprofit's resources for the change, it would have been "highly unethical and illegal." It appears that Musk and ChatGPT didn't have all the facts.
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Elon Musk tweeted Saturday a ChatGPT conversation that speculated about the 2019 transition of its creator, OpenAI, from a nonprofit to a for-profit organization.
Tesla led in crashes, but data has gaps
On the face of it, data from the first year of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s project to track the safety of advanced driver assistance systems look terrible for Tesla. Its electric vehicles were involved in 70% of the reported crashes involving Level 2 technologies, 60% of those resulting in serious injuries and nearly 85% of the fatal ones.
Inside the Uber and Google settlement with Anthony Levandowski
One of Silicon Valley's most infamous characters has narrowly avoided — yet again — the worst consequences of his actions. Anthony Levandowski reached a settlement agreement last week that resolves a number of disputes with his two former employers Uber and Google and puts to rest one of the most dramatic and complicated storylines in the autonomous vehicle industry.
サンフランシスコ湾上での「空飛ぶタクシー」飛行テストをJoby Aviationが計画
Joby Aviation（ジョビー・アビエーション）が、注目を集める「空飛ぶタクシー」の連続飛行をサンフランシスコ湾上で行う許可を求めていることが、FCC（米国連邦通信委員会）に提出された書類からわかった。 このスタートアップ企業が開発した「S4」と呼ばれる第2世代の試作機にとって、これが初めて衆人環視の中、都市環境で行う飛行テストとなる。 サンフランシスコで計画されているテストは、サンフランシスコ湾の2つの主要な観光スポットを中心に行われる。1つはゴールデンゲートブリッジとアルカトラズ島の中間地点、もう1つはベイブリッジの南側、アラメダに近い地点だ。 Jobyのマーケティングコミュニケーションブランド部門で責任者を務めるOliver Walker-Jones（オリバー・ウォーカー・ジョーンズ）氏は「私たちは現在、限られた回数のフライトを行う可能性を検討している初期段階にあります」と述べている。「確定した計画はまだなく、飛行許可を確実に得るためには、地方自治体や連邦政府のさまざまな機関と協力する必要があります。とはいえ、これは非常にエキサイティングなことです」。...
Sidney Poitier fought for his place in movie history, then transcended it
Sidney Poitier, the actor whose groundbreaking movie roles in the 1950s and '60s opened doors for generations of Black performers and brought him a history-making Best Actor Academy Award for Lilies of the Field — the first ever given to a Black man — died Friday. He was 94. For a movie actor, there is perhaps no crueler fate than to be forced to serve as a symbol from the first day you step in front of the cameras to the moment when, more than 50 years later, you give your final performance.
Space Florida's incredible shrinking Rivian stake
It would have been a legendary payoff for any investor, let alone a public agency: swapping an undrivable car for a multibillion-dollar stake in a hot new EV startup. Until last year, Space Florida, the state's economic development agency for aerospace, believed that it owned 3% of Rivian as a result of a canny lease-back agreement made a decade earlier.
Space Florida's incredible shrinking Rivian stake
It would have been a legendary payoff for any investor, let alone a public agency: swapping an undrivable car for a multibillion-dollar stake in a hot new EV startup. Until last year, Space Florida, the state's economic development agency for aerospace, believed that it owned 3% of Rivian as a result of a canny lease-back agreement made a decade earlier.
イーロン・マスク氏のLas Vegas Loopはいまだ想定された移動速度を達成できていない
ラスベガス観光局（LVCVA）のCEO、Steve Hill（スティーブ・ヒル）氏は、市の広大なコンベンションセンター（LVCC）のキャンパスのさまざまな場所に乗客を運ぶ、The Boring Company（ボーリングカンパニー、TBC）による地下シャトルの計画を発表したとき、最も遠いステーション間の移動にかかる時間は2分弱だと予測していた。 ラスベガス・レビュー・ジャーナルによると、ヒル氏は2019年6月「もしシステムが機能しなければ、すべてのお金を返してもらいます」と述べたという。 TBCの担当者とLVCVAとの間で交わされたメールによると、その「2分間の約束」は、最近では4月にもメディアに対して繰り返している。そのメールは、Plainsiteが公文書法に基づいて入手した5051ページに及ぶ文書の一部だ。 今のところ、その2分間という目標は達成されていないようだ。 同じ記録請求で入手した詳細な運行報告書によると、LVCC LoopのTesla（テスラ）タクシーは、運行開始から6週間で、システムのステーション間の移動に平均4分近くかかっている。...
Early data shows Elon Musk's Las Vegas Loop not yet up to speed
When Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill unveiled The Boring Company's plan for a subterranean shuttle that would whisk visitors to different parts of the city's vast Convention Center campus, he predicted it would take just under two minutes to travel between its farthest stations. "If the system doesn't work, we will get all of our money back," Hill said, in June 2019, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.
マスク氏はスペースXの新都市「スターベース」の発電所とロケット燃料に必要な天然ガスをどうやって調達する？ | TechCrunch Japan
SpaceX（スペースX）が世界最大のロケットのテストを開始する前に、ある環境関連の文書にFAA（米連邦航空局）の承認を得る必要がある。そこに、燃料の調達先についての重要な詳細が欠けていると専門家は指摘する。 FAAは9月、SpaceXのStarship（スターシップ）とSuper Heavy（スーパーヘビー）ロケットのプログラム環境アセスメント（PEA）の草案を発行し、パブリックコメントを募った。Elon Musk（イーロン・マスク）氏は、スターシップとスーパーヘビーロケットをまもなく軌道に乗せ、その後、火星に送ることを目指している。142ページに及ぶ草案の対象は、マスク氏が新都市「スターベース」の建設を希望しているテキサス州ボカチカにおける、SpaceXの施設での建設と日常業務だ。飛行前のオペレーション、ロケットのテスト、打ち上げと着陸、燃料・水・電気の供給などが含まれる。...
The mystery of Elon Musk's missing gas
An environmental document that needs U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval before SpaceX can begin testing the world's largest rockets is missing key details about where its fuel will come from, experts say. The draft programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) for SpaceX's Starship and Super Heavy launch vehicles, which Elon Musk hopes will soon be shooting into orbit and then on to Mars, was issued last month by the FAA for public comment.
Skype alumni head to court in a battle over Starship Technologies and Wire
A new lawsuit threatens a decades-long collaboration that brought Skype, robot delivery startup Starship Technologies and encrypted enterprise messaging service Wire into the world. TechCrunch has learned that Mark Dyne, one of Skype's founding investors, is suing billionaire Skype co-founder Janus Friis in California's Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles for unlawful conspiracy in his business dealings. The lawsuit is complex, with plenty of twists, turns and allegations.
イーロン・マスク氏の地下交通システム「Loop」は約束した無人ではなく運転手必須のテスラ「オートパイロット」を採用 | TechCrunch Japan
正式公開から2週間足らず、The Boring Company（ザ・ボアリング・カンパニー）がラスベガスで運営するLoop（ループ）システムに初のセキュリティ侵害が発生した。 6月21日、Internationl Beauty Show（インターナショナル・ビューティー・ショウ）最終日の午前、地下を走行する同システムのTesla（テスラ）車団に「無許可車両」が侵入したことが、Loopの運営管理者とクラーク郡当局で交わされたメールでわかった。当該メールはTechCrunchが情報開示法に基づいて入手した。 一連のメールには、侵入事件以外にもLoopの運用に関する新たな詳細が記されていた。システムの非Teslaの電気自動車への驚くべき依存、Tesla車両に運転支援システムであるAutopilot（オートパイロット）の使用を許可する計画、および社内でテクノロジーが自律システムではないと位置づけられていることなど。 The Boring...
Elon Musk's Loop gets Autopilot -- and an intruder
Less than two weeks after its official launch, The Boring Company's Loop system in Las Vegas had its first security breach. On June 21, the morning of the final day of the International Beauty Show, an "unauthorized vehicle" joined the system's fleet of Tesla taxis underground, emails between the Loop's operations manager and a Clark County official show. The emails were obtained by TechCrunch under public records laws.
The Nuro EC-1 - TechCrunch
Six years ago, I sat in the Google self-driving project’s Firefly vehicle — which I described, at the time, as a “little gumdrop on wheels” — and let it ferry me around a closed course in Mountain View, California. Little did I know that two of the people behind Firefly’s ability to see and perceive the world around it and react to that information would soon leave to start and steer an autonomous vehicle company of their very own.
イーロン・マスク氏のLoopのドライバーには同社の「偉大なリーダー」に関する台本が渡される | TechCrunch Japan
Elon Musk（イーロン・マスク）氏がラスベガスで展開している地下システム「Loop」のドライバーたちは、同社での運転歴を尋ねる乗客の質問をはぐらかしたり、衝突事故については知らないと宣言したり、マスク氏自身についての会話を遮断したりするよう指示されている。 TechCrunchは、公文書法を利用し、6月にオープンしたLoopの通常業務を詳細に記した文書を入手した。このLoopは、ラスベガス・コンベンション・センター（LVCC）の周辺で、改造したTesla（テスラ）車を使って参加者を輸送する。文書の中には、好奇心旺盛な乗客が質問してきたときに、新入社員が必ず従う「Ride Script（乗車に関する台本）」も含まれている。 この台本は、システムを構築・運営するThe Boring Company（TBC）が、新システムやその技術、特に創業者であるイーロン・マスクのパブリックイメージをコントロールすることにどれだけ真剣かを示している。...
Drivers for Elon Musk's Loop get a script about their 'great leader'
Drivers for Elon Musk's underground Loop system in Las Vegas have been instructed to bypass passengers' questions about how long they have been driving for the company, declare ignorance about crashes, and shut down conversations about Musk himself. Using public records laws, TechCrunch obtained documents that detail daily operations at the Loop, which opened in June to transport attendees around the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) using modified Tesla vehicles.
財政苦境に直面するイーロン・マスク氏のラスベガスループ地下輸送システム、The Boring Companyに賠償金数億円の可能性
米国ネバダ州の規制当局が課した制限により、イーロン・マスク氏のThe Boring Company（ザ・ボーリング・カンパニー、TBC）は、同氏初の地下交通システム「LVCC Loop（ラスベガス・コンベンションセンター・ループ）」の契約目標達成が困難になっている。...
The financial pickle facing Elon Musk's Las Vegas Loop system
Restrictions put in place by Nevada regulators are making it difficult for The Boring Company (TBC) to meet contractual targets for its LVCC Loop, Elon Musk's first underground transportation system. The Loop system at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) is supposed to use more than 60 fully autonomous high-speed vehicles to transport 4,400 passengers an hour between exhibition halls.
テスラがカナダ企業の特許を使い安価で環境に優しい新バッテリーを開発中 | TechCrunch Japan
Elon Musk（イーロン・マスク）氏は2020年9月にTesla（テスラ）のBattery Dayのステージに立ったとき、リチウムイオンバッテリーの価格を半分にすると約束し、ニッケル金属電極を作る際の汚れた、そして複雑な過程を最初から作り直すことで価格を抑制できると主張した。 「溝を掘って、溝を埋め、そしてまた溝を掘ってと、とてつもなく複雑です」と同氏はイベントで述べた。「それで我々は全体のバリューチェーンに目をやり、どうやってこれを可能な限りシンプルにできるのか、と言いました」。 関連記事：イーロン・マスク氏がバッテリーの技術革新でテスラの電気自動車が約260万円になると発言 最もシンプルなルートにはカナダの小さなバッテリースタートアップ、あるいは少なくとも同社の特許出願が含まれているようだ。 公開記録によると、Battery Dayの2週間前、Teslaはトロント近くに拠点を置く小さな会社Springpower International（スプリングパワー・インターナショナル）から数多くの特許出願を計3ドル（約330円）で購入した。...
Tesla taps tiny startup's tech to build cheaper, cleaner batteries
When Elon Musk stood onstage at Tesla’s Battery Day in September and promised to cut lithium-ion battery prices in half, he claimed some of the savings would come from reinventing the dirty and complex process of making their nickel metal cathodes. “It’s insanely complicated, like digging a ditch, filling it in and digging the ditch again,” he said at the event.
水素燃料電池飛行機へのZeroAviaの野望は技術的な課題が残るが大志は今なお空のように高い | TechCrunch Japan
2020年9月、ZeroAvia（ゼロアビア）の6人乗り航空機が英国クランフィールド空港から離陸して8分間の飛行を終えた時、同社は、商用サイズの航空機で史上初の水素燃料電池飛行を行うという「非常に大きな偉業」を成し遂げたと断言した。 この航空機はPiper Malibu（パイパーマリブ）プロペラ機を改造して作られており、同社によると、水素を燃料とする航空機の中では世界最大のものである。「水素燃料電池を使用して飛行する実験的な航空機はいくつかあったが、この機体の大きさからすると、完全にゼロエミッションの航空機に有償旅客を乗せる時代が目前に迫っている」と、ゼロアビアのCEOであるVal Miftakhov（ヴァル・ミフタコフ）氏は付け加えた。 しかし、水素を燃料としているといっても、実際にはどのような状況なのだろうか。乗客の搭乗はどの程度現実味を帯びているのだろうか。 ミフタコフ氏は飛行直後の記者会見で「今回の構成では、動力をすべて水素から供給しているわけではなく、バッテリーと水素燃料電池を組み合わせている。しかし、水素だけで飛行することも可能な組み合わせ方だ」と述べた。...
航空業界の水素燃料電池普及を目指すUniversal HydrogenがシリーズAで約22億円調達
脱炭素化に向けた競争がアースデイ（4月22日）に加速した。ロサンゼルスに本拠を置き、民間航空機用の水素貯蔵ソリューションと変換キットの開発を目指すUniversal Hydrogen（ユニバーサル・ハイドロジェン）というスタートアップ企業が、シリーズA投資ラウンドで2050万ドル（約22億1200万円）を調達したと発表したのだ。 同社創業者でCEOを務めるPaul Eremenko（ポール・エレメンコ）氏は、TechCrunchによるインタビューに「水素は航空業界にとって、パリ協定の目標を達成し、地球温暖化防止に貢献するための唯一の手段です」と語った。「私たちは、航空用のエンド・ツー・エンドの水素バリューチェーンを、2025年までに構築するつもりです」。 今回の投資ラウンドは、Playground Global（プレイグランド・グローバル）が主導し、Fortescue Future Industries（フォーテスキュー・フューチャー・インダストリーズ）、Cootue（クートゥー）、Global Founders Capital（グローバル・ファウンダーズ・キャピタル）、Plug...
Elon Musk's Las Vegas Loop might only carry a fraction of the passengers it promised
In pandemic-free years, America’s biggest trade show, CES, attracts more than 170,000 attendees, bringing traffic that jams surrounding roads day and night. To help absorb at least some of the congestion, the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) last year planned a people-mover to serve an expanded campus. The LVCC wanted transit that could move up to 4,400 attendees every hour between exhibition halls and parking lots.
Tesla taps tiny startup's tech to build cheaper, cleaner batteries
When Elon Musk stood onstage at Tesla’s Battery Day in September and promised to cut lithium-ion battery prices in half, he claimed some of the savings would come from reinventing the dirty and complex process of making their nickel metal cathodes. “It’s insanely complicated, like digging a ditch, filling it in and digging the ditch again,” he said at the event.
Anthony Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in prison as new $4B lawsuit against Uber is filed – TechCrunch Original
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison on one count of stealing trade secrets. Judge Alsup said that home confinement would “[give] a green light to every future brilliant engineer to steal trade secrets. Prison time is the answer to that.” During court proceedings today, Levandowski also agreed to pay $756,499.22 in restitution to Waymo and a fine of $95,000.
The risky first transatlantic flight of a Reaper drone
The Royal Air Force delayed safety warnings about the first transatlantic flight of a new Reaper aircraft in 2018, over fears that they could tip anti-drone protestors to its arrival in the U.K., according to emails seen by TechCrunch. On July 11, 2018, the General Atomics SkyGuardian, a variant of the U.S. Reaper drone that killed Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani in January, flew from Grand Forks, N.D., to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
The risky first transatlantic flight of a Reaper drone – TechCrunch
More posts by this contributor The Royal Air Force delayed safety warnings about the first transatlantic flight of a new Reaper aircraft in 2018, over fears that they could tip anti-drone protestors to its arrival in the U.K., according to emails seen by TechCrunch. On July 11, 2018, the General Atomics SkyGuardian, a variant of the U.S. Reaper drone that killed Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani in January, flew from Grand Forks, N.D., to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
「ストリーミング戦争」の正体：Disney、Netflix、Amazon、Appleなど各社徹底解説 | TechCrunch Japan
Disney+（ディズニー・プラス）はDisneyの自社ストリーミングサービスで、Disney、Pixar、Marvel、Star WarsなどDisneyの作品を月額課金で見放題のストリーミングサービス。 ・$1B以上の売上を達成した映画を25作（他社を合計して13作） ・$2B以上の売上を達成した映画を3作（他社は0作） ・歴代最高売上の映画を製作 ・10年中8年は年間のトップ映画を製作 ・Baby Yodaを作ったw さらに、子供向けのコンテンツが強いのは良い優位性になる。HBO Maxも良い勝負をしてくるとは思うが、Disneyはやはり子供向けのコンテンツが多い。子供が見たいコンテンツは中々親は断ることが出来ないし、さらに子供は何回も見てくれる。Disney+のオリジナルコンテンツとライセンス予算は圧倒的に他社とは少なかったが、強く見えるのは何回も見たいコンテンツを選んでいるから。大人は「アイリッシュマン」を一度しか見ないかもしれないが、子供たちは「Mr.インクレディブル2」を何度も見る。...
The engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup
The engineers behind Google's short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company's Area 120 incubator for experimental products — have launched their own startup to bring the sidewalk delivery bot back to life. The secretive startup called Cartken was formed in fall 2019 after Google shuttered an internal program to develop a delivery robot — a move that was prompted by the tech giant's decision to scale back efforts to compete with Amazon in shopping.
Google and Facebook turn their backs on undersea cable to China
Wifi icon and city scape and network connection concept, Smart city Google and Facebook seem to have resigned themselves to losing part of the longest and highest profile internet cable they have invested in to date. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission last week, the two companies requested permission to activate the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) between the US and the Philippines and Taiwan, leaving its controversial Hong Kong and Chinese sections dormant.
Google and Facebook turn their backs on undersea cable to China
Google and Facebook seem to have resigned themselves to losing part of the longest and highest-profile internet cable they have invested in to date. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission last week, the two companies requested permission to activate the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) between the U.S. and the Philippines and Taiwan, leaving its controversial Hong Kong and Chinese sections dormant.
Larry Page’s secret war on the flu – TechCrunch
Google co-founder’s efforts to beat influenza are nothing to be sneezed at Now that Larry Page has stepped down as CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, he could be following in Bill Gates’s footsteps and tackling global health challenges. According to charity and business documents obtained by TechCrunch, the billionaire co-founder of Google has been quietly waging a war on the flu.
How US national security agencies hold the internet hostage – TechCrunch
Three of Google’s planned submarine cables are on indefinite hold while Team Telecom investigates Team Telecom, a shadowy US national security unit tasked with protecting America’s telecommunications systems, is delaying plans by Google, Facebook and other tech companies for the next generation of international fiber optic cables.
Extra Crunch Membership: Student Discounts – TechCrunch
Students can enjoy the benefits of Extra Crunch for a discounted rate of $50 per year (plus tax). To get the discounted rate, students should send an email to extracrunch@techcrunch.com from a college or university email address and request a student discount code. Customer service typically responds with the discount code within 24 hours. Not a student? Head here to learn more about our non-student rates.
中国のとあるスマートシティ監視システムのデータが公開状態になっていた | TechCrunch Japan
何千もの顔認識データが中国の警察記録と照合されていた スマートシティとは、住民の生活が楽になるようにデザインされるものだ。交通整理を行い、公共交通機関が時間どおりに運行できるようにし、カメラを使って頭上からの見守りを行う。 しかしそのデータが漏洩したときにはどうなるのだろうか？実はそうしたデータベースの1つが、数週間に渡って誰でも中が見られるようになっていた。 セキュリティ研究者のジョン・ウェティントン（John Wethington）氏が、ウェブブラウザからパスワードなしでアクセスできる状態の、あるスマートシティデータベースを見つけたのだ。データを保護するための一環として、彼はデータベースの詳細をTechCrunchに渡した。 これはElasticsearchエンジンを使って構築されたデータベースの1つで、数カ月にわたる何百人もの人びとの顔認識スキャンを含む、GBのデータを格納していた。このデータは、中国のテック大手アリババのクラウド上に置かれていた。アリババが名前を明かさないこの問題の顧客のデータベースからは、アリババのAI駆動クラウドプラットフォームであるCity...
First space, then auto-now Elon Musk quietly tinkers with education
SpaceEd or EdX? — LA’s most exclusive school sits on SpaceX’s campus and skips sports, music, and languages. Mark Harris - Jun 25, 2018 2:00 pm UTC Enlarge / A glimpse of a SpaceX worker in Hawthorne: young, wearing a hat, possibly listening to music! SpaceX In a corner of SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, a small, secretive group called Ad Astra is hard at work. These are not the company’s usual rocket scientists.
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